Garra typhlops

Garra typhlops, also known as the Iran cave barb is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is endemic to caves in Iran. Like other cave-adapted fish, it is blind and lacks pigmentation.[2][3]

Garra typhlops
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Labeoninae
Genus: Garra
Species:
G. typhlops
Binomial name
Garra typhlops
(Bruun & E. W. Kaiser, 1944)
Synonyms

Iranocypris typhlops Bruun & Kaiser, 1944

Three other cave-adapted fish species are known from Iran: Garra lorestanensis, G. tashanensis and the Zagroz blind loach (Eidinemacheilus smithi).[4][5][6] In the general region there are three additional cavefish species, all Iraqi cypriniforms: Eidinemacheilus proudlovei, Caecocypris basimi, Typhlogarra widdowsoni.[7][8]

References
  1. World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). "Iranocypris typhlops". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T10849A3222365. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T10849A3222365.en.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). "Garra typhlops" in FishBase. January 2016 version.
  3. Farashi, A.; Kaboli, M.; Rezaei, H.R.; Naghavi, M.R.; Rahimian, H.; Coad, B.W. (2014). "Reassessment of the taxonomic position of Iranocypris typhlops Bruun & Kaiser, 1944 (Actinopterygii, Cyprinidae)". ZooKeys (374): 69–77. doi:10.3897/zookeys.374.6617. PMC 3909813. PMID 24493966.
  4. Mousavi-Sabet, H.; Eagderi, S. (2016). "Garra lorestanensis, a new cave fish from the Tigris River drainage with remarks on the subterranean fishes in Iran (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)". FishTaxa. 1 (1): 45–54.
  5. Segherloo, I.H.; Ghaedrahmati, N.; Freyhof, J. (2016). "Eidinemacheilus, a new generic name for Noemacheilus smithi Greenwood (Teleostei; Nemacheilidae)". Zootaxa. 4147 (4): 466–476. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4147.4.7. PMID 27515629.
  6. Mousavi-Sabet; Vatandoust; Fatemi; Eagderi (2016). "Tashan Cave a new cave fish locality for Iran; and Garra tashanensis, A New Blind Species from the Tigris River Drainage (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)". FishTaxa. 1 (3): 133–148.
  7. Romero, A., editor (2001). The Biology of Hypogean Fishes. Developments in Environmental Biology of Fishes. ISBN 978-1402000768
  8. Freyhof, J.; Abdullah, Y.S.; Ararat, K.; Ibrahim, H.; Geiger, M.F. (2016). "Eidinemacheilus proudlovei, a new subterranean loach from Iraqi Kurdistan (Teleostei; Nemacheilidae)". Zootaxa. 4173 (3): 225–236. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4173.3.2. PMID 27701182.


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